Brandi Caldwell Brandi.caldwell@sccboe.org
Tools that make me FAST AND (not) FURIOUS: EFFICIENCY TOOLS Calendar: Google Calendar- calendar that is web-based, embeddable, and printable; make calendars for everyone in the family. http://google.com/calendar
Office applications and collaboration: Google Docs- office tools with collaboration and sharing kicker http://docs.google.com Searching the Web: Diigo- social bookmarks, highlighting, annotations, groups, lists, tags http://diigo.com
Website and communication: Wikispaces- student work, embedded stuff, updates, storage all in one spot http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers URL shortener: TinyUrl- copy and paste any long web address onto this site (even pick a keyword for it) and PRESTO! You get a new short url. http://tinyurl.com Image manipulation: Jing- downloadable software that captures, edits, resizes, and annotates images from web http://www.jingproject.com
Fotoflexer- Online photo manipulation program http://www.fotoflexer.com Pictures: Pics4Learning- teacher friendly clip art and pics that are royalty free. http://www.pics4learning.com
Flickrcc- a creative commons search for photos in Flickr http://flickrcc.com Videos: Download Helper- Firefox extension to download .flv or .swf videos (from Youtube) onto your computer. http://www.downloadhelper.net/ Flash Player: SWF & FLV Player- plays any downloaded movies or objects that are in these formats http://tinyurl.com/swfplayer Video/audio converter: Tunebite- download that takes most all video or audio formats (even those pesky iTunes downloads) and converts them so you can edit or manipulate them. http://tinyurl.com/4ql3q9
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TOOLS: Testmaker: Quizstar- create quizzes and keep up with data, classes, etc http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
Studiyo- create media rich online quizzes that are embeddable
http://www.mystudiyo.com/ Blogs: Edublogs- safe, easy site to create collaborative communication with students or teachers http://www.edublogs.org Chat or Interactive communication: Skype- voice over Internet app that allows voice, groups, chat, video, buddies http://www.skype.com Music or audio editing: Audacity- free download audio editor to use for music, podcasting, etc. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Podcasting: GCast- podcast recording from any phone. http://www.gcast.com
Surveys: Poll Everywhere- poll the class from their computers or their cellphones (see sample below) http://www.polleverywhere.com Screen recording: Camstudio- records your screen and audio, cursor, narration, etc. http://camstudio.org/ Games: Freerice- vocabulary (geography and other subjects coming) game that motivates students to get correct answers because each one provides a certain amount of rice to a hungry person through World Hunger Organization . http://freerice.com
Template games- games to put into Power Point or other programs that you can edit and manipulate for your classes. http://tinyurl.com/schoolgames Presentations: Prezi- new tool that allows you to zoom and move during the presentation (cures “death by Power Point”) http://prezi.com Sites to Explore:
Handout of all links in the presentation-
Check out the Prezi at http://prezi.com/2855/
Brandi Caldwell
Brandi.caldwell@sccboe.org
Tools that make me FAST AND (not) FURIOUS:
EFFICIENCY TOOLS
Calendar:
Google Calendar- calendar that is web-based, embeddable, and printable; make calendars for everyone in the family.
http://google.com/calendar
Office applications and collaboration:
Google Docs- office tools with collaboration and sharing kicker http://docs.google.com
Searching the Web:
Diigo- social bookmarks, highlighting, annotations, groups, lists, tags
http://diigo.com
Website and communication:
Wikispaces- student work, embedded stuff, updates, storage all in one spot http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
URL shortener:
TinyUrl- copy and paste any long web address onto this site (even pick a keyword for it) and PRESTO! You get a new short url.
http://tinyurl.com
Image manipulation:
Jing- downloadable software that captures, edits, resizes, and annotates images from web
http://www.jingproject.com
Fotoflexer- Online photo manipulation program http://www.fotoflexer.com
Pictures:
Pics4Learning- teacher friendly clip art and pics that are royalty free. http://www.pics4learning.com
Flickrcc- a creative commons search for photos in Flickr
http://flickrcc.com
Videos:
Download Helper- Firefox extension to download .flv or .swf videos (from Youtube) onto your computer. http://www.downloadhelper.net/
Flash Player:
SWF & FLV Player- plays any downloaded movies or objects that are in these formats
http://tinyurl.com/swfplayer
Video/audio converter:
Tunebite- download that takes most all video or audio formats (even those pesky iTunes downloads) and converts them so you can edit or manipulate them. http://tinyurl.com/4ql3q9
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TOOLS:
Testmaker:
Quizstar- create quizzes and keep up with data, classes, etc http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
Studiyo- create media rich online quizzes that are embeddable
http://www.mystudiyo.com/
Blogs:
Edublogs- safe, easy site to create collaborative communication with students or teachers
http://www.edublogs.org
Chat or Interactive communication:
Skype- voice over Internet app that allows voice, groups, chat, video, buddies http://www.skype.com
Music or audio editing:
Audacity- free download audio editor to use for music, podcasting, etc.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Podcasting:
GCast- podcast recording from any phone.
http://www.gcast.com
Podomatic- online storage and podcast making software
http://www.podomatic.com
Surveys:
Poll Everywhere- poll the class from their computers or their cellphones (see sample below)
http://www.polleverywhere.com
Screen recording:
Camstudio- records your screen and audio, cursor, narration, etc.
http://camstudio.org/
Games:
Freerice- vocabulary (geography and other subjects coming) game that motivates students to get correct answers because each one provides a certain amount of rice to a hungry person through World Hunger Organization . http://freerice.com
Template games- games to put into Power Point or other programs that you can edit and manipulate for your classes.
http://tinyurl.com/schoolgames
Presentations:
Prezi- new tool that allows you to zoom and move during the presentation (cures “death by Power Point”)
http://prezi.com
Sites to Explore: